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Fashion Designer
LaTimberly Johnson
New York, NY
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About
My name is LaTimberly Johnson and I am a fashion designer based in NYC. I have experience working in high end and contemporary as well as private label. I've worked in apparel, intimates, swimwear, outerwear, shoes, etc. I am able to sketch on illustrator and by hand. I also create techpacks, spec garments, communicate with factories, conduct fittings, review strike offs and labdips, etc.
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Education
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B.F.A Fashion DesignSyracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts2007 - 2011
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Minor Beauty & CommunicationsSyracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications2009 - 2011
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Fashion DesignLondon College of Fashion Semester Abroad2010
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Experience
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DesignerOrange InternationalNew York, United States2012 - Present (12 years)-Knit and woven tops, outerwear, active wear, swimwear coverups and bottoms
-Managing 1 assistant and 2 graphic designers
-designing and preparing presentations for market week
-Flats in illustrator, techpacks, fittings & (specing from development to production)
-graphic, stone and embroidery layouts, building plaid and stripe layouts, reviewing strike offs & lab dips
-communicating with factories
-Attending Market weeks in New York and Minnesota
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Design, Production & Sales InternNew York, United States2009 - Present (15 years)-Design: Created tech packs, flats and cutter's must, fit garments for runway and production, organizing inventory, Color & trend research,
-Production: quality control, specing, inventory, packing shipments
-Styling: Stylist assistant to Victoria Bartlett for Resort 2010 and Resort 2011 lookbooks
-Press: Organizing press books, archiving, preparing showroom for meetings
-Shows: Choosing models and setting up backstage area for model's shoe and jewelry trades for runway show, Dresser F/W 2009, F/W 2010 and S/S 2011 fashion week, setting up layout of models back stage
-Work Experience: Sewing on care and size labels, mending garments, sewing belts for production, creating color ways for tanks for production, hand sequinning embellishment on 22 pieces for S/S 2010 runway finale -
Design AssistantLi &Fung USANew York, United States2011 - 2012 (1 year)Young Stuff Apparel Design assistant
-designing dresses, tops, bottoms, outerwear
-Flats in illustrator, line sheets and tech packs, fit tech assistant
-attending fabric, trim and cost meetings
-designing stripe combos & embroidery layouts, reviewing strike offs
-communicating with sample room & factories
-research, market research, inspiration, trend & presentation boards
-Creating marketing decks for new business ventures (photoshop & illustrator), Retouching images -
Design & Production InternNew York, NY2010 - 2010-Sourced fabrics and trims
-designed hangtag
-showroom inventory
-fit tech assistant
-production prep
-market research
scouting locations for photoshoots -
Fashion Week InternNew York, NY2009 - 2009-Hand Flat Sketches
-Accessory assembly
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Design InternUnited Kingdom2009 - 2009-Pattern alteration
-cut for production
-sourced fabrics and trends
-inspiration research
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Awards
FSF’s YMA Scholar 2011, Awarded the Clements Scholarship Award, Associate Fashion director/stylist of Zipped Magazine (Syracuse University fashion magazine) for 3 bi-annual issues
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Skills
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On Coroflot@LaTimberly, member since 2011
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